Imagine using a digital LEGO set to let teenagers rebuild a museum's history. Instead of just looking at old things, young people create their own video games to express what culture means to them. It's like a creative workshop that turns passive visitors into active designers.
Cultural institutions and creative industries struggle to attract and engage young people, who often feel disconnected from traditional heritage. This leads to a lack of youth participation in shaping cultural values.
A system of Cultural Game Jams and a set of accessible resources for creating value-sensitive games. These tools allow youth to act as co-creators of culture.
If you are an indie studio dealing with a lack of diverse user-generated content — this project developed game-making methods that allow youth to co-create culture-sensitive games. This helps you build games with deeper societal value and authentic youth appeal.
If you are a heritage site dealing with low youth attendance — this project developed Cultural Game Jams that turn visitors into co-creators. This increases engagement by making cultural heritage interactive and attractive to a younger demographic.
If you are a training center dealing with a gap in creative digital skills for students — this project developed a system for youth to gain transferable creative and critical competencies. This prepares students for a competitive economic market through hands-on game design.
Based on available project data, no specific pricing or cost structures are provided for the resulting resources.
The project provides validated resources and a transferable system designed for organizations across Europe to replicate, suggesting a high potential for scaling across the creative sector.
Based on available project data, specific licensing terms are not mentioned, though the results are intended as accessible resources for European actors.
It integrates via a system where youth, cultural institutions, and creative industries cooperate as active partners in game-making activities.
The project runs from 2023-03-01 to 2026-02-28, with results becoming available as the research and innovation actions are validated.
The consortium is well-balanced for a digital-cultural project, consisting of 12 partners across 5 countries. It features a 25% industry ratio, including 3 industry partners and 2 SMEs, ensuring that the academic research from 3 universities is grounded in commercial reality and practical application within the game industry.
Aarhus Universitet (DK)
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